Re: Hanging indents in LC fields?

2017-03-21 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode 
You need to set the indent to something positive (like 20) then set the first 
line indent to 0. Word and other text processors work the same way. 

Bob S


> On Mar 20, 2017, at 16:55 , Terry Judd via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Devin – the negative first indent works nicely on normal text! 
> Unfortunately I have an added complication in that I’m working with list 
> style lines as well and list behavior seems to override some of the other 
> indenting stuff.
> 
> What I’m really trying to do is replace the ‘disc’ character at the start of 
> each list item with an icon (that varies) by setting the imagesource of the 
> first character in the line (separated from the rest of the text by a tab). 
> By setting the listindent of the line to 0 (or the firstindent to a largish 
> negative value) I can get the icon into position but when a line is long 
> enough to wrap its left margin is aligned with the icon rather than to the 
> right of it. I’m trying to shift that wrapped line to the right but it seems 
> pretty resistant to any of my attempts to move it.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Terry...
> 
> 
> 
> On 21/03/2017 10:21 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Devin Asay via 
> use-livecode"  use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>You can either set the left margin of the field to some large value like 
> 20, or I believe there is a leftIndent property that you can set for a 
> paragraph. Then set the first indent property of the paragraph to a negative 
> number.
> 
>Devin
> 
>Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone used livecode’s text formatting commands to create paragraphs 
>> with hanging indents (all lines but the first indented)? If so, any clues on 
>> how to do it?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Terry...
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Re: Hanging indents in LC fields?

2017-03-20 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode 
Thanks Devin – the negative first indent works nicely on normal text! 
Unfortunately I have an added complication in that I’m working with list style 
lines as well and list behavior seems to override some of the other indenting 
stuff.

What I’m really trying to do is replace the ‘disc’ character at the start of 
each list item with an icon (that varies) by setting the imagesource of the 
first character in the line (separated from the rest of the text by a tab). By 
setting the listindent of the line to 0 (or the firstindent to a largish 
negative value) I can get the icon into position but when a line is long enough 
to wrap its left margin is aligned with the icon rather than to the right of 
it. I’m trying to shift that wrapped line to the right but it seems pretty 
resistant to any of my attempts to move it.

Best regards,

Terry...



On 21/03/2017 10:21 am, "use-livecode on behalf of Devin Asay via use-livecode" 
 wrote:

You can either set the left margin of the field to some large value like 
20, or I believe there is a leftIndent property that you can set for a 
paragraph. Then set the first indent property of the paragraph to a negative 
number.

Devin

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> On Mar 20, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode 
 wrote:
> 
> Has anyone used livecode’s text formatting commands to create paragraphs 
with hanging indents (all lines but the first indented)? If so, any clues on 
how to do it?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Terry...
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Re: Hanging indents in LC fields?

2017-03-20 Thread Devin Asay via use-livecode 
You can either set the left margin of the field to some large value like 20, or 
I believe there is a leftIndent property that you can set for a paragraph. Then 
set the first indent property of the paragraph to a negative number.

Devin

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 20, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Terry Judd via use-livecode 
>  wrote:
> 
> Has anyone used livecode’s text formatting commands to create paragraphs with 
> hanging indents (all lines but the first indented)? If so, any clues on how 
> to do it?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Terry...
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Hanging indents in LC fields?

2017-03-20 Thread Terry Judd via use-livecode 
Has anyone used livecode’s text formatting commands to create paragraphs with 
hanging indents (all lines but the first indented)? If so, any clues on how to 
do it?

Best regards,

Terry...
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